Taliban negotiators visit Pakistan to talk Afghan peace push
ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Taliban political team arrived in Pakistan on Monday as efforts appear to be ramping up to get negotiations underway between...
US Navy searches for missing Nimitz sailor in Arabian Sea
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The U.S. Navy searched through the night into Monday morning for a sailor who went missing from the...
Diplomat says Mali’s deposed president has been evacuated to Abu Dhabi for medical treatment...
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Diplomat says Mali's deposed president has been evacuated to Abu Dhabi for medical treatment after detention by junta.
Islam’s pilgrims pray for peace in Muslim countries wracked by war
Millions of Muslim pilgrims congregated at Arafat outside Mecca on Wednesday, many of them praying for peace in the Middle East countries ravaged by...
U.S. says ready to talk Middle East peace; Abbas calls for conference
The United States declared at the United Nations on Tuesday it was "ready to talk" with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, who rejected U.S.-led Middle...
Israeli army says it did not target Gaza medic
The Israeli army on Tuesday said its troops did not deliberately shoot a young Palestinian medical volunteer killed last week in violence on the...
Erdogan threatens to drive back Syrian forces unless they withdraw
Turkey dismissed on Saturday Russian accusations that it has flouted de-escalation agreements with Russia and Iran in Syria's Idlib province, and threatened to take...
Turkey gave Hamas members passports, Israel says
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey has given passports to a dozen Hamas members in Istanbul, a senior Israeli diplomat said on Wednesday, describing the move...
‘Fierce clashes with IS near Mosul’: paramilitary unit
Baghdad, Oct 24, 2017 (AFP) - Jihadists from the Islamic State group and fighters from Iraq's Hashed al-Shaabi paramilitary coalition were locked in fierce...
Germany to play Netherlands despite attacks
Germany’s friendly against the Netherlands on Tuesday will go ahead as planned, despite the German team still being shaken by the deadly attacks in...
